Marina Locke - Yoga Teacher in Rangiora

2020
 (under construction)
Marina Locke, RMT, RYT(500), CST, Doula
My journey towards healing, massage, martial arts, yoga and eastern traditions began in my teens and continues to take me around the world. The first encounter with Yogic traditions was when I read "Autobiography of a Yogi" at age 15, introduced to me by a high school psychology teacher who also taught me meditation. It changed my life and introduced me to conscious evolution.  An older brother was a karate Sensei, and he first introduced me to Eastern disciplines and self directed meditation (Zazen). Beginning in my early twenties, through a series of serendipitous events, I had the privilege of studying with a meditation master and Mantra Rishi, attending local and overseas meditation retreats for upto 6 weeks a year for the past 30+ years.  It wasn't until I attended my first hatha yoga teacher training that I had the realization that the meditation I was practicing and assisting in the teaching of was actually part of the Yogic path. At the time, most mainstream yoga classes emphasized only the physical aspects (breath and postures) without connecting them to the more subtle and advanced practices (meditation). There have been many teacher trainings since my first, including the IYTA (Australia) 2 year Yoga teacher course, and the IYTA (Australia) 18 month Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga teacher training. As a perpetual and curious student, I continue to study.

My massage career spans 30+ years, beginning in Canada where I maintain professional membership for teaching purposes. In 1994 I opened a clinic in the Peter Lougheed Hospital in Calgary on the maternity floor. It was the first massage clinic of it's kind in Canada, committed to working with pregnant and postnatal women. Soon after opening the clinic, I began attending births as a Doula, taught Infant Massage, and traveled internationally teaching a series of courses called Mother Wellness (later becoming Mother and Baby Wellness) and continue to do so. I later worked many years for Canadian Mountain Holidays (heli-hiking/heli-skiing) providing up to 60 massages/week, and with many health professionals.

These are a few of the Professional development trainings I have attended:
2020 Iyengar Yoga workshop with Anne Marie Tweedie, Christchurch, NZ
2020 - Visceral Manipulation 2 (refresher), Barrel Institute, Christchurch, NZ
2019 - Pelvic floor study participant, AUT Physiotherapy study, Auckland
2019 - Spinning Babies workshop with Claire Eccleston in Christchurch
2019 - Visceral Manipulation 3, Barrel Institute, Christchurch, NZ
2019 - Iyengar Yoga workshop with Monica Haar, Christchurch, NZ
2019 - 1 week Yoga intensive, West End Yoga, Brisbane, Australia
2019 - Visceral Manipulation 1a (refresher), Barrel Institute, Christchurch, NZ
2019 - Registered Pelvic Floor Safe Professional (Continence NZ), Auckland
2001 to Present - attended up to 8 weeks/year of meditation retreats and workshops in NZ, Canada and Europe
2018 - Osteopaedic Assessment, Seminars for Health, Calgary, Canada
2018 - Dynamic Cupping, Seminars for Health, Calgary, Canada
2018 - iRest, Neal Ghoshal, Christchurch, NZ
2017 - Senior Yoga teacher, Yoga Association of Alberta, Canada
2014 - Pre and Postnatal Yoga TT (18 months), IYTA Australia, Sydney, AU
2011 - Trauma Release, Auckland and Christchurch, NZ
2011 - Anatomy and Physiology refresher, Wellpark College, Auckland, NZ
2009 - Neurostructural Integration Techniques (Bowen), Ron Phalen, Auckland, NZ
2008 - Assessment with David Magee, Red Deer, Canada
2007 - Craniosacral Post Graduate Certificate (375hrs), Wellpark College, Auckland, NZ
2007 - Anatomy Trains, Thomas Myers, Winnipeg, Canada
2005-6 - Attended all massage classes and Yoga Therapy class at Wellpark College as Head of the Massage Faculty
2004 - Visceral Manipulation 1b, Upledger Institute, Calgary, Canada
2003 - Visceral Manipulation 1a, Craniosacral 1, Upledger Institute, Calgary, Canada
2001 - Overcoming Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Prolapse, Dr. Bernadette de Gasquet, Calgary, Canada
2001 - Completed IYTA Australia and Yoga Alliance (500RYT) approved 18 month yoga teacher training through South Okanagan Yoga Association (SOYA)
2000 - Gloria Lemay's Wise Women Way of Birth, Calgary, Canada
2000 - Midwife Assistant training with Ina May Gaskin, The Farm, Tennessee
1998 - Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training at The Yoga Studio, Calgary, Canada

"When the Heart has acquired stillness, it will look upon the heights and depths of knowledge and the intellect, once quieted, will be given to hear wonderful things from God." - Hesychios